The Great Sodus Embayment Preservation Plan, 2007
About the Report
This comprehensive 138 page report addresses the following issues:
- Management options for Sodus Bay’s weed problem
- Factors behind the eutrophication of Sodus Bay
- Bathymetric survey – plotting the bay’s water depths and bottom contours
- The hydrology of Sodus Bay
- The influx of pollutants to the Bay
- Recommended management practices for Sodus Bay and its watershed
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Useful Terms
An embayment is a shoreline indentation or feature of a larger body of water that creates a unique, defined body of water. Sodus Bay is an embayment of Lake Ontario.
Eutrophication – the ecosystem’s response to the addition to an aquatic system of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage.
Maps and Charts Supporting the Report
Cross Sections Sheet 1
This graphic shows the results of the research done at the Test Plot Locations to determine the depth of the sediment on the bottom of the bay.
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Cross Sections Sheet 2
This graphic shows the results of the research done at the Test Plot Locations to determine the depth of the sediment on the bottom of the bay.
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